The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-30
MEDICAL STUDENTS HOME.
OPENING OF THE NEW COLLEGE OF
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.


Depew speaks and Mayor Hewitt Writes
| The neighborhood Of Flfty-ninth and Six
tieth streets and Ninth and Tenth avenues.
was black with carriages light wagons. and
hansoms yesterday afternoon. The occasion
was the opening OF the new buildings OF the
College OF Physicians and Surgeons and the
conveyances had brought to attend 1t many
| distinguished members OF the medical profess
| sion from this and other cities. The new coll
| lego Is situated on the ground bounded BY the
streets and avenues mentioned, and Is tho gift
OF the late William Henry Vanderbilt. On this
| ground is also situated the handsome building
known as the Vanderbilt Clinic, the gift Of the
four sons OF the donor OF the college proper.
On the northeast corner OF Tenth avenue and
| Fifty ninth street stands the Sloane Maternity
Hospital. presented by Mrs. and Mr.. Sloane,
daughter and son-in-law OF Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Tho latter two buildings are not quite COM
pleted yet. Tho structures are as solid as the
builders could make them. while the appoint
ments in general are admirable.
| On entering the main hall in niche draped
in dark red plush stands u bronze bust OF the
deceased Mr.. Vanderbilt. the handiwork OF
Sculptor J. Q. A. Ward. and tho gift OF the
| Board OF Trustees OF the college.
The opening exercises were held In the lower
lecture hail. Nearly 500 medical men wero
| present. Tho Row. s. II. Weston offered prayer,
| and was followed by the President OF the COL
| lege. DIR. J. c. Dalton, who gavo a historic
sketch OF the college from its foundation In
| 1907 to the present day. He paid a handsome
tribute to Mr.. Vanderbilt When he mentioned
| the fact of Mr.. Vanderbilts sudden taking of,
the two sons c. X. and G. w. Vanderbilt, who
He said the spirit of MIR. Vanderbilt,s good
| works lived after him in that his family hrd
and a5 vep po funds to h4d
building that viii remain to their
DR. Dalton then introduced DEW. H. Draper,
| who delivered the inaugural address. Joseph
H. Choate had been selected for this; but sick ie
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and Of the many DISADVANTAGES under which
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gifts-the bronze bust Of tho late Mr; Wander I,,
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Judge Spear, and George Bliss.
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OF students presenting themselves yesterday
was double that Of tho same day last year:
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In the evening in Delmonico's banquet hall
to
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him sat Cornelius Vanderbilt and George ".
Vanderbilt. Beside George Vanderbilt sat Pr.
family physician, q the dead millionaire.
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II his possessions carry with them trust Its proper
administration Is his only opP9rtunity to secure The
boards no loses all that makes life worth the ving-the
respect OF his neighbors here the approval of Maker
hereafter In the older States there colleges enough
The rich man who POUNDS new to perpetuate his
name does good and wastes his money. Tho endow-
ment OF colleges with and traditions in themselves
liberal education helps to attain the best education
| and Intellectual life. VIM II. Vanderbilt appreciated
this and selected for his ton the medical
school in this city; His object to appropriate
his name, New York should have the best medical col
| legc i'll the world
| A letter from Mayor Hewitt said:
feel that whatever recognition be made to the
family OF the late William H. Vanderbilt for their gener
execution OF his plans for the public benefit that
could be afforded by my onicai presence ought to be
| given.
We owe to Mr.. vanderbilts family special mark Of
gratitude because they recognize that large private
tunes in effect to be administered In the public
terest am glad TO say that the world moro and
to the opinion that superuous wealth Ia public
trust and when this view Is acted upon by those who
have control Of such wealth shah hear less OF the
suffer Of the poor and OF the antngousm which IL
believed to exist but never can, between labor and
capital.
A Heavy Railroad Mortgage.